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Crustal movement
Author(s) -
Brown Larry,
Reilinger Robert
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
reviews of geophysics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 8.087
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1944-9208
pISSN - 8755-1209
DOI - 10.1029/rg021i003p00553
Subject(s) - geodetic datum , geology , geodesy , tectonics , movement (music) , watershed , plate tectonics , seismology , computer science , philosophy , machine learning , aesthetics
The past four years have been a paradoxical watershed for the geodetic measurement of contemporary crustal motion in the U.S. More than ever before, the role of systematic errors in the techniques used to monitor crustal movement has been a major issue. Yet while concern was growing over such errors in some studies, other measurements were reaffirming the unique and effective contribution of geodetic techniques to geodynamic investigation by confirming previously mapped patterns of crustal deformation as well as providing exciting evidence of movement in previously unstudied areas. With new efforts to understand and minimize the influence of errors, to resurvey substantial portions of the U.S. geodetic network, to computerize historical geodetic measurements, and to bring online new space‐based geodetic systems well underway, geodesy is certain to play an increasingly important role in the investigation of contemporary tectonics.